I am happy that the people who support the F/M system DO support it, but I stopped years back. It just seemed to take on an intensity that was a bit much for a puppy match. Then when you look at the #s....well heck I can have a dog half way done for the same cost as a F/M weekend. It would be one thing if I was enjoying it, but I wasn't enjoying he "showing" part. Now, visiting w/ friends, yes. Getting youngsters out after a long winter...you bet. I can do that w/o entering. I can't be the only one...look outside of the ring at any given Futurity. There are probably 4x the youngsters there than are entered. But yes, Liz, did see a blip on the Constant Contact about the combining, not in as much detail as you have just given, wasn't aware it would affect Red Book stats. God love you for keeping up with that :) Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/ In a message dated 2/20/2014 12:31:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Lealynn@xxxxxxx writes: I have a topic for you. Is the membership aware that the Futurity committee has decided that this year some of the regions will have a separate Amateur Futurity and you can enter both, and that other regions will combine the Amateur & Regular Futurities and you can only enter one or the other, but not both? (are your entries already in? Did you enter both?) Better check with your Fut clubs to see what option they've decided on. And did you know that the Fut committee has decided to give Red Book points to the Amateur Futurity classes IF they're combined with the regular Fut, but not if it's a stand alone Amateur Futurity? Liz _www.lealynn.com_ (http://www.lealynn.com/) GSDCA member since 1976 Signers of the Breeders Code AKC Breeder of Merit In a message dated 2/20/2014 8:52:57 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, terrycochran97756@xxxxxxxxx writes: I use Facebook more than I did. I still consider it ADHD :0) a few good dog photos thrown in with political opinion, feel good photos. It really is not a place to have an in depth discussion on any topic. It is a great diversion to any really good discussion. It is more like Show and Tell. ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2014. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION: http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION: http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================